GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |